Think Of It As You Want It,

Because Software Is All About Scale. The Larger You Are, The More Profitable You Are. If We Sell Twice As Much As Software, It Doesn't Cost Us Twice As Much To Build That Software. So The More Customers You Have, The More Scale You Have. The Larger You Are, The More Profitable You Are.

When I Started Oracle, What I Wanted To Do Was To Create An Environment Where I Would Enjoy Working. That Was My Primary Goal. Sure, I Wanted To Make A Living. I Certainly Never Expected To Become Rich, Certainly Not This Rich. I Mean, Rich Does Not Even Describe This. This Is Surreal. And It Has Nothing To Do With Money. I Mean, You Buy Clothes With Money, And Cars. But I Really Wanted To Work With People I Enjoyed Working With, Who I Admired And Liked.

When I Do Something, It Is All About Self-discovery. I Want To Learn And Discover My Own Limits.

If You Do Everything That Everyone Else Does In Business, You're Going To Lose. The Only Way To Really Be Ahead, Is To 'be Different'.

We Have Been Doing Things That Are Contrary; The Things That People Tell Us Won't Work From The Beginning. In Fact, The Only Way To Get Ahead Is To Find Errors In Conventional Wisdom.